Head thrown back, ballet dancer Eric Carnes strikes a Grecian pose on the floor: arms stretched out as if to draw a bow, with one knee bent. He takes command of his role of the faun during a recent ...

When the Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky entered the realm of choreography, he arrived with a controversial splash. Nijinsky’s first dance creation was “Afternoon of a faun,” whose depiction of a faun ...

The great American theater and ballet choreographer Jerome Robbins once wrote to a friend, "You know talent is really a gift from nowhere, alighting on some poor slob in spite of himself." Robbins ...

Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune was composed between 1892 and 1894. It was inspired by a poem by Mallarmé that was begun in 1865, supposedly for the stage; the final version appeared in ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Subtle, sensual, and narcissistic, Afternoon of a Faun depicts a chance ...

Half man, half goat, all thespian. Starting tomorrow, Scott Lowe, a second-year graduate student in dance, will perform in two of four performances of “The Afternoon of a Faun,” a joint presentation ...

We open with two dancers, a man and a woman, on a bare stage. He is Jacques d’Amboise, one of the greatest male dancers this country ever produced, but you barely notice him. Your eye is drawn to the ...

Oakland Ballet is giving props this weekend to its longtime artistic director and acclaimed choreographer Graham Lustig, who is marking his 24th season as head of the popular dance troupe. In two ...

Director Nancy Buirski spoke to THR about the film, which includes rare footage of Le Clercq dancing "Afternoon of a Faun," that comes to L.A. theaters April 11. By Jordan Riefe Afternoon of a Faun - ...

Hallelujah, the Hebrew expression for “Praise the Lord,” is familiar in music, such as the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s “Messiah” and Leonard Cohen’s omnipresent song. The expression also fuels ...